Sparton tube radio identification please!

[mg196]

My dad found this piece and we were wondering if anyone had any specifics on it:

[mg196]

Here are the guts, followed by some close-ups of some tubes.

[mg196]

Here are pics of a couple tubes.

[mg196]

Last pic:

[Tom Bavis]

8W10 is covered in Sams folder 126, 1951. I'll see if I have it.

[Tom Bavis]

OK, I'm back from the basement, clutching a copy of the Sams folder. Made by Sparks-Withington, Jackson MI. Original will cost you a few first class stamps. A scan will cost you an email. tbavis(at)aol(dot)com

[mg196]

Hey Tom, could you give me an idea of what type of unit it would have been installed in? Console? Stand alone?

Additionally, is there a simple way to test if these tubes are functioning? Are they worth testing or are they standard run-o-the-mill?

[Tom Bavis]

It's a stand-alone - just hook up a FM antenna - but where's the speaker? Output transformer is probably mounted to the speaker... Tubes are pretty common. I would run it up with a variac or a light bulb in series just in case... adding a fuse is a REAL good idea too. Caps are more likely to be bad than the tubes.